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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-29

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, May 29

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

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Receipts

1,085 head

▲ 197 vs last sale 888▲ 1,085 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Four weeks since last report so no price comparison. Good buyer demand for grass cattle. Flesh condition light to moderate. Quality replacement heifers in today's offering.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.69/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −94.39 against this barn's trailing median of $434.07.

Average price

$339.69

44 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−32.01

vs ND average

+7.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	339.69	1,901	44

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale44 hd

339.69

—

ND average2 barns · 378 hd

371.69

−32.01

National average127 barns · 6,029 hd

332.69

+7.00

This barn, trailing median13 sales

434.07

−94.39

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $483.60, low $372.00, median $434.07 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

23 lots · USDA AMS · Napoleon Livestock Auction - Napoleon, ND

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,080	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,861	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,120	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	381.10/cwt	367.50–390.00	2,161	36
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	347.86/cwt	337.50–352.50	2,310	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,497	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	791	317.67/cwt	311.00–321.00	2,513	133
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	896	295.28/cwt	294.00–295.50	2,646	73
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	293.72/cwt	292.00–295.50	2,673	142
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	951	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,606	28
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,492	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,768	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,002	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	333.95/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,880	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	326.32/cwt	325.00–327.00	2,059	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	329.89/cwt	316.00–337.50	2,204	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,036	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	308.32/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,282	98
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,251	54
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,321	15
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,439	70
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	883	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	2,459	70
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	912	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,563	41

This sale against other markets

North Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Napoleon Livestock Auction - Napoleon, ND

Thu May 29, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

Receipts 1,085Last week 888Year ago 0

Four weeks since last report so no price comparison. Good buyer demand for grass cattle. Flesh condition light to moderate. Quality replacement heifers in today's offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	425.00	425.00
21	400–450	442	400.00	400.00
7	500–550	541	370.00	370.00
37	550–600	563	325.00–342.50	333.95
18	600–650	631	325.00–327.00	326.32
32	650–700	668	316.00–337.50	329.89
98	700–750	740	295.00–310.00	308.32
54	750–800	753	299.00	299.00
15	800–850	847	274.00	274.00
70	850–900	865	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	688	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	850–900	883	278.50	278.50
41	900–950	912	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	445	467.50	467.50
2	500–550	530	400.00	400.00
36	550–600	567	367.50–390.00	381.10
17	650–700	664	337.50–352.50	347.86
18	700–750	726	344.00	344.00
133	750–800	791	311.00–321.00	317.67
73	850–900	896	294.00–295.50	295.28
142	900–950	910	292.00–295.50	293.72
28	950–1000	951	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	517	360.00	360.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.